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High Priority (HP) Grant - Overview

The HP grant program is a discretionary (competitive) grant program designed to provide Federal financial assistance to enhance MCSAP commercial vehicle safety plan (CVSP) activities, maintain innovative technology and/or new project(s) not included in the CVSP that will have a positive impact on CMV safety. Other applicants are also eligible for HP grants that improve CMV safety. HP now includes two major purposes: Innovative Technology Deployment (ITD), and CMV safety related activities and projects. Although ITD resides within HP, the ITD grant program purpose and program eligibility requirements are separate and distinct from CMV safety related activities and projects.

HP CMV Safety-Related Activities and Projects

The HP grant program provides financial assistance to carry out activities and projects that augment motor carrier safety which include:

HP Innovative Technology Deployment (ITD) Program

The ITD grant program provides financial assistance to advance the technological capability and promote the deployment of intelligent transportation system applications for CMV operations, including CMV, commercial driver, and carrier-specific information systems and networks; and to support and maintain CMV information systems and networks.